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February 5, 2026

Transmission Planning

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Load Growth Drives Early MTEP 25 to $11B
MISO’s preliminary 2025 Transmission Expansion Plan is set to become another record-breaking collection, at 434 transmission projects at an estimated cost of $11 billion.
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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: March 4, 2025
PJM presented the Planning Committee with a draft amendment to the Deactivation Enhancement Senior Task Force’s issue charge to add a key work activity focused on creating pro forma language for reliability-must-run agreements with generation owners seeking to deactivate a unit identified as being necessary for reliability.
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Ontario Premier Ford Slaps 25% Tariffs on Power Exports to US
Ontario Premier Doug Ford followed through on a threat to implement a 25% tariff on electricity exports to the US, a response to President Trump's own 10% tariff that went into effect last week.
PJM
PJM OC Briefs: March 6, 2025
PJM gave more detail on its plan to scale back a 30% adder it added on the synchronized and primary reserve requirement in May 2023.
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Report Faults Utilities on Data Center Planning
The new grid infrastructure needed for data center buildout is being unevenly subsidized by other ratepayers through minimally publicized utility agreements, a report charges. 
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SPP Stakeholders Grapple with Energy Transition
Incoming SPP CEO Lanny Nickell told attendees at the Energy Synergy Summit that infrastructure is the key to managing the energy transition.
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MISO Says Queue Fast Track Design Settled, Ready for FERC
MISO hopes to become the next RTO with a limited express lane in its interconnection queue to help get badly needed generation online faster.
RMI
RMI Argues Regionally Planned Transmission Leads to Unexpected Benefits
Major regional and interregional transmission lines might be big investments, but they tend to produce more benefits than expected, RMI said in a report. 
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MISO Annual Value Proposition Tops $5B for 1st Time
MISO estimates its savings and efficiencies benefited its members to the tune of just over $5 billion over 2024.
BLM
IBR Lessons Can Guide Data Center Challenges, WECC Report Finds
With data centers already causing “major disturbances” on the grid, the industry could learn lessons from the recent growth and implementation of IBRs, according to a new Elevate Energy Consulting study.

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